dc.contributor.author | Macharia, W M | |
dc.contributor.author | Mirza, N M | |
dc.contributor.author | Wafula, E M | |
dc.contributor.author | Onyango, F E | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-04-25T12:18:34Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-04-25T12:18:34Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1990 | |
dc.identifier.citation | East Afr Med J. 1990 Dec;67(12):837-41 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/16809 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2083517 | |
dc.description.abstract | Between January 1986 and July 1988, 356 children with bronchial asthma below 14 years of age were evaluated at the Kenyatta National Hospital. 21.3% experienced initial asthmatic attacks before the age of six months and 55.1% before 2 years. Only 8% of the study patients were below the age of 2 years at recruitment. The male:female ratio was 1:1. Physical exercise led to precipitation or worsening of attacks in 43.4% while 71.6% of the patients experienced attacks in the evening or at night. 18.5% and 42.9% had personal history of a topic dermatitis and allergic rhinitis respectively. The study shows that a substantial number of patients experience initial asthmatic attacks before the age of 6 months contrary to what has been previously believed. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.title | Childhood asthma at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.publisher | Department of Paediatrics, University of Nairobi. | en |